Adelaide (AFP) - Australia beat India by 10 wickets in the second Test on Sunday. With this, the five-Test series has reached a thrilling 1-1 draw. Australia were set a target of just 19 runs for the win and completed the loss without a wicket. Openers Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSwany took the team to the target with ease.
Before that, India were bowled out for 175 runs in their second innings. India started the day with 128 runs for the loss of five wickets and ended up losing the last five wickets for 47 runs. All-rounder Nitish Reddy scored 42 runs for the visiting team. Rishav Pant was dismissed for 28 runs. Captain Pat Cummins took five wickets for 57 runs.
India could only score 180 runs in the first innings. Nitish also scored the highest 42 runs for India in the first innings. Mitchell Starc crushed India by taking 6 wickets. After Travis Head scored 140 and Marnus Labuseng scored 64, Australia led by 157 runs on the basis of the first innings, which became the basis of Australia's victory.
"This week we have returned to our best rhythm," Australian captain Cummins said, "this is the specialty of our team." This is how we prefer to play cricket. We are very happy with today's win.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma, on the contrary, was disappointed. He said, "Even in this Test, there was an opportunity for us to return to the game, but we could not make use of it." We have to make up for it with our own team performance. We have very experienced players in our team. He has won the big game. So it won't be difficult for us to return to the series. India won the first test and took the lead in the 5-match series. The third Test will begin on Saturday in Brisbane.
Test series to England
Bellington (AFP) - Aggressive England defeated New Zealand by a huge margin of 323 runs in the second Test on Sunday. Along with this, England has also taken a decisive lead of 2-0 in the three test series. England were in control of the match from start to finish of the Test. Joe Root completed his century for England earlier in the day.
New Zealand were then bowled out in their second innings after scoring 259 runs on the third day. This is the first time since 2008 that England have won a Test series in New Zealand. England, who won the first Test in Christchurch by eight wickets, set a target of 583 runs for victory.
Although Tom Blundell scored a century for New Zealand, it was not an obstacle for England to win. Immediately after the tea session, the wicket-keeper batsman Blundell was dismissed after scoring 115 runs. He was caught by Ben Duckett at slip off Soaib Basar. Similarly, Nathan Smith scored 42 runs and was dismissed by Ben Stokes.
Harry Brooks was the player of the match. He scored a respectable 123 runs in England's first innings, and England laid the foundation for victory by sticking to it. Root scored 106 runs as his 36th century. England announced the end of their second innings at 427 after losing 6 wickets.
